The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-09-16
ROUTINE BUSINESS
TRANSACTED III LAST EVENING
Iiy tho Hoard OF Eduoation-lnerenacd En-.
rolimsat-nIore Teachers Necessary. !,
Payment made on the Washington
Building -alisoellhrsous Matters.

Tho routine business transacted at last
nights meeting Of tho Board Of Education
was rs fo!lows: isag t4,.7 .40
The Committee on Accounto presented
bills nggregatlng s3lS.77, which were or.
dered paid. & @1E ~
A report from the Committee on Build.
ines and Grounds being called Tor, the FOL.
lowing was pleaenLed: ,... z.
WHEELING, W. Va, Sept. Is, 1887.
E,simate No. 2-Amount due Klievee,
KRAFT < Go. on contract for building
Washington District school building
Amount complsted on excayationp, 5000;
stono work, s5,5S2; brick work, S. 9SS
carpenter work, 1921 ; total, s1l ,O03, Lees
rs per csnt-s2.77 SOS, 800 90, This
amount lees 1885, cash received on the
first estimatc, leaves 1896 50 nc the
amount due on thia eslimate.n This was
aligned By Mr. NV. Wellp, tho architect,
and conntersigned by Mr.. Dobbins, chair.
man Of the Committee on Buildings and
Grounda so ''correot as per contract"
To meet this estimate resolrsio
offered by Mr.. Naylor, chairman OF the
Committee on Finance, providing that the
Finance Committee bp authorized to ne.
gotiate loan for $4,9l5 80, WAS adopted.
superintendent Anderson reported tina!
he had received from the several princl.
pals the enrolment OF the schools taken
on Tuesday, September IS, aud which
was as follows: Washington school, 474
Madison, ga; Clay, 573; Union, GA; Con.
}ar I6n7 w ahatar k0i p,toLt. -pr. nj
ored, 1868; total, 4.l0S. The suporinten.
dent called attention to tho fact that in
grade 8. OF divislon D, OF Mad.
tsoa school, there were 1906 pu.
pills and seating capacity for bnt II,
Also to general demand that had been
made on him for primary charts: "The
old ones are very much worn, and the
building oil the anuexes to Washington
Clay and Ritchia schools makeu Inc de.
mand still more urgent.n 1rs re-
This enrolment was taken about ten
days before the time 1t was taken last wear
this being necessitsted by the early meet.
ing Of the Board this month. Il p1ows mr.
increase Of So over the enrolment made
at the first Of last year, and Supsrinten,
don't Anderson thinks that before the
month is out the increase will be- falls
100. qs.s., IN sl5Egf ''I' 49, !
Mr.. Naylor with view to providing fo,
the overflow ofpupils,referred TO in superin,
tendent Andsrson's report, stated thal
there was room on the Island groupijt
for the erection Of an addition that would
cost about $500. He asked that such an
addition be ordered. Theme otter was re,
ferred to the Committee on Buildings and
Grounds with power to act. The came
action was had with reference to a fence
about tho new annex building in Ritchie
district, the matter being brought to the
attention of tho Board by Dr.. Mccoy, "a.
On motion Of Mr.. Naylor an additional
teacher wac allowed tho Island school and
on motion Of Mr.. Shaier one waB allowed
Webs,er school. igi = IN
Accompanying the Superintendent
report was that Of Librarian Wilson show.
Ing the circulation. OF books in the Libra.
~ during the month Of August. There
we're taken out Tor home Consumption
!, Jos volumes, m average OF 152 Dor day.
There were used in the reading room $50
volumes, The amount received from
fines was sl5. This report was ordered
Superintendent Anderson acted as clark
in place Of Mr.. Hall, who is epioyinp a
short vacation ia New YORK. = = -